As Masks Fall: Yemen’s Bleeding Wound, Tehran’s Sectarian Ambitions, and the Great Deception

In the complex corridors of international politics and the Middle East, calculations made over the blood of the oppressed are coming to light more painfully every day. Today, humanitarian tragedies in the region stretching from Yemen to Syria, from Iraq to Lebanon, lay bare the true face of imperialist and expansionist ambitions masked behind religious and sectarian rhetoric. It is a humanitarian duty to address in depth the atrocities in the region, Tehran's hypocritical policy, and the background of this dark picture.
1. Ahmadinejad's Confession: "We Cooperated with the US in Iraq and Afghanistan"
To understand the hypocrisy of Tehran's regional policies, it is sufficient to look at the confessions made by former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad years later. Ahmadinejad openly revealed the regime's secret bargains by saying, "We cooperated with the US in Iraq and Afghanistan." Externally taking passionate crowds behind it with the rhetoric of the "Great Satan" and consolidating Muslim peoples with anti-imperialist rhetoric, the Tehran administration lent a shoulder to the American occupation behind closed doors. Guiding US forces and providing logistical/intelligence support in the occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq, Iran has actually been one of the biggest stakeholders of Western forces in the dismemberment of the Islamic geography.
2. Israel-US Attacks and Iran's Sectarian Massacres
The reflexive support for Iran in the face of today's attacks by Israel and Afghanistan can never legitimize or cover up the brutal sectarian massacres committed by this regime in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen. Iran, in its operations under the guise of the "Axis of Resistance," has carried out one of the bloodiest cleansing campaigns in history against non-Shia Muslims (especially Sunnis).
The Syria Tragedy and Turkey's Move: The massacres, systematic tortures, rapes, and starvation tactics applied by the Assad regime and Iran-backed militias (Hezbollah, PMF, etc.) against millions of innocent civilians in Syria have gone down as a black mark in human history. Turkey's resolute stance and moves to push back Iran/Assad militias in Syria have served as a lifeline for the people of the region, rescuing oppressed peoples from this horrific cycle of cruelty, rapes, and mass destruction policies.
Sectarian Purge in Iraq: Through sectarian militia structures established in Iraq after Saddam, Sunni regions were blockaded, and thousands of people were slaughtered through assassinations and tortures.
3. The Houthi Deception Turning Yemen into a Bloodbath
The same scenario is being staged in Yemen today. The Houthis and the Iranian regime behind them, who have left Yemen with hunger, poverty, and a bloodbath, are waging a relentless war not against Israel as they claim, but against the non-Shia people of Yemen.
At the core of Iran's strategy in Yemen lies the export of its own perverted sectarian ideology and expansionist ambitions. The only true intention behind appearing as an enemy of Israel is to gather sympathy in the Arab and Islamic streets and find supporters for its own expansionist policies. While hospitals, schools, and homes of the oppressed Yemeni people are bombed by the Houthis, this structure's deception of the world with the lie of "resistance against Israel" is one of the greatest deceptions in history.
4. Qasem Soleimani Dossier: A Figure Used and Eliminated
The adventure of Qasem Soleimani, the chief executor of these expansionist policies, is also concrete proof of the dirty partnership between imperialist forces and Tehran. The fact that Soleimani, who turned the region into a sea of blood, shared much strategic information and documents with the US for his own interests and the regime's survival has been documented repeatedly.
Soleimani, who was used to the end by the US and Israel for regional designs in line with their own interests, was eliminated by those same forces (via a US attack) when his mission was completed and he reached an uncontrollable dimension. This is the clearest indicator of how imperialist focal points discard figures they raised with their own hands when their work is done.
5. Conclusion and Recommendation: Strategic Steps Turkey and Erdoğan Must Take
In this critical process where the region is sought to be completely set on fire with a sectarian spark, the strategic moves to be pursued by Turkey and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan are of vital importance. The steps that must be taken against these expansionist and sectarian policies are as follows:
Resolute and Deterrent Security Policies: Cross-border operations must not turn a blind eye to terror corridors and proxy militia structures, and Turkey's national security must continue to be protected at the highest level.
Regional Unity and Diplomatic Consolidation: Relations with Gulf countries and the Arab world should be deepened, and a joint regional security and stability architecture should be built against sectarian expansionism.
Support for Legitimate State Structures Against Proxy Wars: Diplomatic and political support should be given toward strengthening central authority and legitimate governments against militia forces rotting states from within.
Public Opinion and Truth Diplomacy: The real massacres and sectarian objectives behind the "resistance" mask of Iran and its proxies (Houthis, PMF, etc.) must be explained to the international and Islamic public with documents.
Humanitarian and Conscientious Leadership: The humanitarian aid, protection, and embracing diplomacy provided to persecuted peoples in Syria, Yemen, and oppressed geographies must be continued resolutely.
Last updated: 09.10.2026 07:01
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As Masks Fall: Yemen’s Bleeding Wound, Tehran’s Sectarian Ambitions, and the Great Deception
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